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Great product for small deployments with good port covarage
February 10, 2023

Great product for small deployments with good port covarage

Ignacy Mikos | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • NCS 540

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)

I use Cisco NCS 540 device in my Company Core-MPLS network as pe-swich. We decided to try NCS devices due to it 2 power supply offering plus very good Port and throughput coverage in really small box. After 1-2 test deployments we decided to go for it in larger scale. also due to easy configuration which can be templated.
  • Double power supply
  • Good port coverage with 40-100G plus 10G
  • Easy deployment
  • Smart licensing
  • Port covarage
  • Double power supply
  • small box
  • Easy to deploy
  • A lot of port
  • Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)
Cisco NCS is smaller and for us newer. Better cost with similar capabilities.

Do you think Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500) again?

Yes

Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000), Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)
Cisco 500 NCS device is well suited in small deploments when you need 100/40G ports plus 10. When you have limited space and don't want to place large chassis/cars device.